Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15
THE COUNTY SOLONS.
Adjourned Meeting lof the Board of
Supervisors Official Proceedings.


FIFTH DAY.
March II Board met pursuant to ad
iournment. Present. all the members
except Supervisor Fitzgerald, Superv S
or Bowman, chairman, presiding. Min
utcs of yesterdays proceedings read aud
approved.
Supervisor Aster moved that Mr. Koch,
overseer of the poor of Rock Island, be
instructed to furnish aid to Mrs. Albert
Tate and family. aud that he USE his dis
cretion as to what extent. Carried.
Supervisor Campbell moved that W. j.
Entrlkin be allowed the sum of $50, The
same being the amount paid by him to
D. s. Lambert for assisting in the prose-
cution of koepping and Mills Carried.
Supervisor Noah moved that the board
rescind its action taken yesterday on the
resolution of Supervisor Bowman, in re-
lation to paying the costs in criminal
cases. By request of Supervisors Bow
man, Gould and Hartman, action was de-
ferred upon said motion until O'clock
this afternoon,
Supervisor Murphy moved that the
action OF the board taken yesterday on
the petition of the city of Moline for all
abatement of tax on Rock river bridge be
rescinded The yeas and nays being
called resulted as follows:
Ayes-Supervisors Aster, Appelqulst,
Campbell, Ryder. Gould, GrenelI, Hart
man. HOLSTER. Murphy, Noah, Peterson,
Rosenfield aud kerns-13.
Nays-Supervisors DALEY. Elliott, En-
gel, Foster, GoOdlow. Norton. Parks
Sell, Walker and Bowman-l0.
Absent-Supervisor Fitzgerald. Car
ried.
Supervisor Appelqnist moved that the
prayer of the petition be granted, Super,
visor Aster moved as an amendment that
said petition be referred to the committee
on Attachments to report at this meeting
Carried.
Supervisor Murphy offered the foIlow>
ing resolution and moved It's adoption
WHEREAS. The board of supervisors
at their March term, 1886. appropriated
the sum of S45 for the purpose of sending
James Wilcher and wife to Nebraska,
and directed the clerk TO issue HI order
TO John Barton, who was at that time
supervisor from Coal Valley township,
for said sun, and
WHEREAS. The said Supervisor Barton
has never drawn said order and said sum
Of money has not been used for the Pur-
pose for which it was appropriated, and
WHEREAS, The same was enormously
Included in the expenses of supporting
the poor OF said town. ny the board of
supervisors in their financial statement
Therefore.
Resolged. That said county order for
S45 be and the same deducted from the
amount of expenses incurred on amount
on account, of the poor 10 said town of
Coal Valley Carried snd resolution
adopted.
Supervisor Campbell offered the fol,
lowing resolution and moved its adap-
ton:
WAEREAs, The statutes of the state OF
Illinois fails To compensate supervisors
rs ex-ytticio Ovt GERS of the poor III
counties under t0wnship ofg4nizaulou
Therefore,
RssoIrsd, That ue recommend h the
legislature row ia SESSION, TO enact I Law
foF reasonable compensation of suCn
overseers for their services to be paid pUt
Of he county treasury; Further
Reso.ced, That the clerk be Instructed
to send copy of this resO uIion to our
members in the legislature.
BY request of Supervisors Murphy,
kerEs and Peterson, ton was deferred
upon said resolution until tomorrow
The committee on miscellaneous
claims submitted the following report,
which on motion wss received aud adopt
ed:
Your committee on miscellaneous claims
would beg leave 10 report that they have
examined all claims presented before
them, and recommend the payment OF
the following, and that the clerk be dl-
rected to issue orders for the several
amounts TO the several claimants, to-